About Research Department:
Key activities of Research Directorate includes R&D projects, specification related projects, Establishment of R&D centers, MoU activity with foreign institutes, apex level meeting (on behalf of DG/RDSO) & ISO cell
Organization Chart:

Brief recent achievements:
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Recognition under ‘One nation one standard’ scheme of BIS
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Integrated Management system(IMS) Certification ( ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018,ISO 50001:2018) of RDSO
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Measurement of vertical and lateral forces coming on the rails of straight track in situ condition, in different sections on Indian Railways
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Design and development of Fibre Bragg Grating ( FBG) based Wheel impact load detector (WILD) system
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Identification of R&D projects and Training of manpower with Academia
Current assignment in hand:
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Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell based hybrid power train for 1200 KW DEMU
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Testing of Methanol blended fuel on HHP Engine
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Centre for Railway Research (CRRs) at IITs (Kanpur, Roorkee & Madras)
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R&D project on Machine Vision Inspection System, development of Composite Brake Beam, Vehicle profile measurement system with Academic institutes.
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Preparation of specifications for wayside systems
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Capacity augmentation for R&D activity at RDSO incl. Centres of Excellence, Design Validation facilities